Storm rim



Dec. 1940- G. s. SCHMIDT 2,226,876

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UNITED STATES PATENT- OFFICE I I lazzasve 1 i l f f i'STORM RIM H stages. Schmidt, Elizabeth, in, Application April 14, 1939, Serial No. 267,782 i Y 7 9 Claiinr s.- (01.295-1)v n This invention relates to storm rims for the Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the rim looking at drive wheels of motor cars such as used by mainthe inside and as removed from the wheel; tenance men for signal maintenance, bridg'e Fig. 3 is an enlarged section taken on the line gangs, section gangs and line men on rail'roads. 3 '3 of Fig. 2; The object of the invention is to 'providean Fig. 4 is a similar view taken on the line 4-4 5 emergency-rim to be placed on the drive wheels of Fig.2; v of such motor cars in case of ice or snow on the Fig. 5 s a f m a y Sec o ta en on the rails, at which time it is impossible to run a line 5-5 of Fig. 3; v motor car with steel wheels due to the fact that Fig. 6 is a perspective viewof the storm rim they slip and the snow rolls under them. I looking toward the outside; 7 1'0" At times during inclement weather when ice Fig. 7 is an enlarged sectionalview through or snow collects on the rails of a railwayroadthe wheel, rim and rail taken on the line I-'! bed, it is essential in many emergenciesthat of Fig. 1-; and

trips be made over the trackage for the proper Fig. 8 is a -view similar to '7, showing maintenance of signals, repairs andthe like of modification. 15 the roadbed and in many instances, it has been Referring more particularly to the drawings,

impossible to run the ordinary: motor :cars-so l0 designates a motor car'which may be of'any that other transportation oreven walking'must of the various types as used by maintenance be resorted to with considerable loss in time men or repair gangs on railways and H is one and tying up oftraffic, together with the many of the drive wheels which may be of the usual 2 other disadvantages and delays especially in cases orany preferred type but which is shown as a of emergencies as where therehas been a c olstamped or pressed'sheet metal wheel connected vlision or accidentand, of course, with much loss to the usual drive axle'at' the hub thereof and of life andrevenue. Especially has this: been shown provided with openings forming spokes.

true when ice or snow collect-s on the rails; I2 indicates a rail'mounted on the ties l3 and 25;

The present invention provides novel, simple, I 4 is the tread, head orjball of the rail which light-weight and efiicient storm rims adapted is usually slightly convex on top; The wheel is for quick application to and removal from the shown provided with a slanting or tapered tread drive wheels of motor vcars so as to furnish the IS and a retaining flange {6 which in some inproper traction necessarylto run the cars to stances in connection with modern practice is so any destination within a minimum of timeand used for the application of the brakes. 'I'he without slippage on the railsrthe device being wheel has an outer lateral or side wall flange or readily adaptable to all sizes of motor car-wheels disc I! preferably thickened adjacent the wheel and providing a rim which is to a railway motor tread and provided with a plurality, preferably car with ice or snow on the railswhat chains four or more equidistantly spaced tapped holes 35 are to an automobile in similar inclement l8 through the thickened portion, the disc being weather or in mud and capable of being carried. substantially at right angles to the tread and on a car as part of its equipment to be placed, the holes parallel o y gent thereto. on the wheels quickly and as easily removed. he rim mp i ann r rin 9 of sui 40 A further object of the invention'is-to providea le formation but shown of uniform diameter 40 a storm rim which is inexpensive to make and a d t ic ness a d adc O s ee or iron" of the which will give years of efiicient SBIViCQ'BJld proper size'to fit standard drivewheels of motor apply to various types of rail wheels with a ta cars. To this rim, an anti-skid band or tire 20 is pered or slanting tread or a tread 'whichis parappl ed, the Tim having a p a ity of sets of allel to the rail, and which can apply to wheel's holes '22 preferab y nged in equidistantly in which the brakes work on the rim and tire spaced pa s to a ts o other securin or anti-skid b nd thereof r on th flanges f meansZl which are shown upset or headed and the wh ls, countersunkin the inner face of the rim and the Other objects and advantages will appear and outer face of'the band or tire. 'This band or tire be brought out more fully hereinafter, reference s Preferably 0f fabric rubber Somewhat "like 50 being had to the accompanying drawings, I belting and of four or more'plies, being a vulwherein: canized composition of rubber and cord or other Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the storm rim apequivalent reinforcement giving a rough tread plied to the wheel of a motor car, a portion of surface which will efficiently grip the rails when which is shown; I i covered with new snow and furnish traction 5s which will propel any motor car when driven. While such composition tire has been found most eflicient and is preferred, I desire to use all rubber or cord or similar band or any suitable reinforcement for the rubber which will give a rough friction surface to grip the rails and insure proper traction on ice or snow, whether siderable distance below the projection of the flange 16 of the car or drive wheel II, but preferably by means of angular lugs or brackets, welded to or formed integral with the rim but shown as separate elements separately pressed or formed from the rim and having long legs 23 at the outside of the wheels at right angles to the rim and at the outer edge of the latter, each having an aperture 24 and a short leg25 at right angles thereto extended inwardly and welded, riveted or otherwise secured to the rim l9'at equidistantly located points around the inside of the same. As illustrated, four of such lugs or brackets are shown in which the short legs 25 .extend between the tread of the wheel and the rim to fill the space 26 therebetween at the outside of the wheel and thus dispose the rim and its anti-skid: band or tire parallel to the rail and the top tread surface thereof with the rim l 9 1and band 20 wholly and a considerable distance below the flange [6 of the car or drive wheel H. The long legs 23 extend outwardly of the face of the wheel at the disc portion thereof to align the apertures 24 with the tapped holes I8' for the reception of stud or cap screws'2'l, or: other brakes to the flanges I6 of the wheels but for general purposes,'the brakes as shown in Fig. 1

of the drawings may be applied directly to the antiskid tire with efficiency. On some motor cars, all wheels are drive wheels and the brakes may be applied to some or all of the wheels to act directly against the tires or when the latter are removed, to apply directly to the peripheries of the metallic wheels, when the storm rim is not in use. the rim will run on the ice or snow encrusted on the rails and alleviate a long standing expensive and constant annoyance in cases of.

maintenance and emergencies on rails where it is necessary to get the motor cars over the tracks and insure against tying up traffic as well as to obviate the necessity of employing other methods of transportation or even walking, especially during storms without particular trouble. By

this means, the difficulty heretofore experienced,

owing to the impossibility of moving the cars over the rails with the ordinary metal wheels, will be. entirely eliminated and the expense incident thereto is trivial.

A particular action taking effect between the Owing to-the gripping surfaces provided,

rubber or cushioning material of the anti-skid band or tire and the fabric, interwoven or foraminous material thereof and imbedded therein, particularly where said material is of cord or cloth fabric, is that due to the different properties of the material and the greater flexibility or compressibility of the rubber or similar compressible material, there will be .a kneading or relative movement between the rubber and fabric which will serve to give a maximum gripping 10 effect or traction on the ice or snow encrusted on the treads of the rails.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into effect, these are capable of variation and modification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore, do not wish to be limited to the precise details of construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: I

1. In a storm rim for flanged railway motor car wheels, a circular band having an anti-skid tread of fabric rubber adapted to fit over and around the wheel tread so as to lie a considerable distance below the car wheel flange and means at the outside of the band on at least one edge for detachably mounting the band on a wheel.

2. A storm rim for flanged motor car wheels comprising a metallic band adapted to fit on the periphery of a car wheel and disc'having' lugs, means to detachably connect the lugs to at least one side of the wheel and having portions extending between'the'periphery of the car wheel and the inner surface of the band and an antiskid tread on the band so as to lie acon siderable distance below the car wheel flange,

3. A storm rim for flanged motor car wheels 4. A storm rim for flanged railway motortcar wheels comprising a metallic band havinglugs, means to detachably connect the lugs to the wheel and an antieskid tread on the band' lying within the flange of v the car wheel, said tread having atransversely concaved surface toengage and conform to the ball of a-railway rail.

5. In a storm rim for flanged car wheels, a.

metallic band of uniform thickness to form a space of tapered cross section between the same and a car wheel tread when mounted on the latter, an anti-skid tread on the band and having embedded anti-skid fabric lying wholly below the projection of the car wheel flange, and means in said space at spaced intervals and connected to the side of the wheel to hold the tread parallel to a rail tread and secure the band to the wheel. r

6. A storm rim for flanged railway motor car wheels comprising .a thin metallic flangeless band having an anti-skid tread composed of materials of different compressibility riveted thereto, saidband being spaced from the tread of the wheel adjacent the outside and lying below the usual flange of the car wheel and means for detachably securing the band to the wheel at said side fitting and filling said space and bracing the band with the wheel tread at said space.

7. A storm rimfor railway motor car wheels comprising a thin metallic flangeless band of uniform cross section having an anti-skid tread composed of soft materials of difierent compressibility riveted thereto at a plurality of spaced points transversely .and circumferentially and adapted to lie wholly below the flange of the car wheel to which applied, said band being spaced from the tread of the wheel adjacent the outside and spaced means for detachably securing the band to the wheel at said side, said means fitting in and filling said space at such points to brace the ban-d with the Wheel tread at said space and disposing the rim tangentially to the wheel tread and parallel to the tread of a rail.

8. In an anti-skid rim for flanged car wheels having a slanting tread, a metallic band of uniform thickness to form a space of tapered cross section between the same and a car wheel tread when mounted on the latter, an anti-skid tread secured on the band and adapted to lie wholly beneath the flange of the wheel, and means in said space at spaced intervals and connected to the outside of the wheel to hold the tread parallel to a rail tread and detachably secure the band to the wheel.

9. An anti-skid, storm rim for railway motor car wheels having a flanged tapered tread and a thin outer wall provided with thickened portions adjacent the tread and provided with tapped holes, comprising an annular band, an anti-skid tread riveted to the band and composed of soft flexible material and fabric material embedded therein, right-angular brackets having leg portions extending inwardly and secured to the band to fill the space between the band and the tread at the outer portion of the latter and legs extending radially at the outside in contact with the outer wall and having apertures aligned with the tapped holes, and cap screws disposed through the apertures and engaged with the holes to detachably secure the rim to the Wheel below the flange thereof.

GEORGE S. SCHMIDT. 

